The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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749 ( 1236)	Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores), San Francisco County CPM cat. no. 749, no. 1236 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₈ x 20 in., mount 22 ¹⁄₄ x 27 ⁷⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Likely a wet-plate copy of an earlier image (daguerreotype, ambrotype, or salt print). If so, this image was taken well before 1860 (see Palmquist, â€œFrom Babies to Landscapes, 1856-1858 in Dag ... Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
750 ( 1235)	Mission Santa Clara de Asis, Santa Clara County CPM cat. no. 750, no. 1235 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Copied from an earlier negative -- probably taken in 1858 or so. Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Santa Clara \| Santa Clara County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
751 ( 144)	Mission Santa Clara de Asis, Santa Clara County CPM cat. no. 751, no. 144 Mammoth Plate (image 16 ¹⁄₁₆ x 20 ¹⁄₄ in., mount 20 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 24 ³⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Santa Clara \| Santa Clara County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
752 ( 1237)	Mission San Jose, Alameda County CPM cat. no. 752, no. 1237 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Copy print of an earlier print in a different medium. Tags: Alameda County \| California \| Church \| Mission	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
753 ( 1234)	Mission San Juan Bautista, San Benito County CPM cat. no. 753, no. 1234 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Benito County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
754 ( 1233)	Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Monterey County CPM cat. no. 754, no. 1233 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Monterey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
755 ( 1232)	Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Monterey County CPM cat. no. 755, no. 1232 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₁₆ x 21 ³⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Monterey County		No Image Available
756 ( 1230)	Mission San Antonio de Padua, Monterey County CPM cat. no. 756, no. 1230 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: The dark box in the center may have been CEW's camera box Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Monterey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
757 ( 1231)	Mission San Antonio de Padua, Monterey County CPM cat. no. 757, no. 1231 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| Monterey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
758 ( 1228)	View from Mission San Miguel Arcangel, San Luis Obispo County CPM cat. no. 758, no. 1228 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Luis Obispo County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
759 ( 1229)	Mission San Miguel Arcangel, San Luis Obispo County CPM cat. no. 759, no. 1229 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Luis Obispo County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
760 ( 1229 alt)	Mission San Miguel Arcangel, San Luis Obispo County CPM cat. no. 760, no. 1229 alt Mammoth Plate (image 14 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Luis Obispo County	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
761 ( 1227)	Cerro San Luis Obispo and Bishop Peak, San Luis Obispo County CPM cat. no. 761, no. 1227 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Luis Obispo County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
762 ( 1226)	Mission San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County CPM cat. no. 762, no. 1226 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Church \| Mission \| San Luis Obispo County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View